crispinguppy's Identifications
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Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)Observer
martindollenkampDescription
Continuing Skipper, can be found feeding on Oregano in the front yard in the afternoon.
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Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)Observer
jimmylegsDescription
One of two seen in the area.
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Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)Observer
liamsinghDescription
- General area, not entirely sure how far W from the highway I was when I photographed these. Basically we just drove a few km from the highway looking on the right hand side of the Nanaimo River Rd until we saw signs of Spreading Dogbane, then we hopped out and check for butterflies. Feeding on Apocynum androsaemifolium (Spreading Dogbane)
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Western Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris ssp. vestris)Observer
devon_bcDescription
Very plentiful this day for dun skipper standards. 5 specimens seen within a few hundred feet.
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Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)Observer
steveansellDescription
A couple of hundred meters from the first individual
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Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
This subspecies (vestris) is threatened in Canada. Devil's Creek, Stave Lake, BC, Canada
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Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)Observer
steveansellDescription
A second individual, with more white markings & different rips in the wings
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Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris)Observer
paul_prappas1Description
This rare visitor to SE BC was found in the Pend d'Oreille Valley. The sighting is included in our Pend d'Oreille Butterflies Project.
ID confirmed by Cris Guppy, Norbert Kondla and Jennifer Heron, BC Ministry of Environment & Climate Change. According to Cris Guppy, there are no records of this species in BC east of the Fraser Canyon.
It's not 100% sure which ssp this is, but most likely "kiowah" which occurs from Colorado to Idaho and northeastern WA. Western Dun Skipper populations are federally listed as Species at Risk.
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